EP1431096A2 - Hochdruckspeicherbehälter zur Lagerung von Kraftstoff auf einem Kraftfahrzeug - Google Patents

Hochdruckspeicherbehälter zur Lagerung von Kraftstoff auf einem Kraftfahrzeug Download PDF

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EP1431096A2
EP1431096A2 EP03028056A EP03028056A EP1431096A2 EP 1431096 A2 EP1431096 A2 EP 1431096A2 EP 03028056 A EP03028056 A EP 03028056A EP 03028056 A EP03028056 A EP 03028056A EP 1431096 A2 EP1431096 A2 EP 1431096A2
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structural platform
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Daniel Laurent
Daniel Walser
David Olsommer
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Michelin Recherche et Technique SA France
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  • the present invention relates to gas storage tanks in a road vehicle applicable whatever its engine, and in particular applicable for storage hydrogen gas and / or the storage of oxygen gas in a fuel cell vehicle.
  • Valves for liquefied petroleum gas have already been proposed discharge in order to allow the gas to gradually leak out because the risk must be avoided at all costs explosion caused by the simple sudden expansion of a large quantity of compressed gas. Yes this solution is suitable in the event of a pressure rise due to heating, it is of no useful in case of direct damage to the tank.
  • the invention aims to provide a practical and universal solution to the storage problem of a high pressure fluid on a vehicle.
  • the reservoir for the storage on a vehicle of a high pressure fluid makes integral part of the vehicle's structural platform and includes at least one network comprising a large number of cells all in communication by interconnections, the interconnections being shaped so that the fluid flow generated by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle only presents losses of load not affecting said use, and being shaped so that, in the event of breakage of one or a few cells, the leakage flow causes sufficient pressure drops important to limit the flow.
  • the platform constitutes a carrying and working structure of the vehicle.
  • we harmoniously combines a mechanical purpose and a storage purpose presenting a safety significantly improved compared to the bottles usually used to store under pressure a fluid, which makes it possible to build a sufficiently rigid platform and offering sufficient cumulative volume.
  • the interconnections allow the circulation of gas from one cell towards the other, but at a very limited rate. In this way, the gas circulation necessary for the normal operation of the vehicle is not affected since the flow from one cell to another other necessary for the normal operation of the vehicle is weak, which only generates very low pressure losses, perfectly compatible with normal operation.
  • each interconnection is formed by an orifice.
  • the orifice is of course small in size to fulfill the exposed function above. But we could consider other solutions, such as a porous material in a at least part of the wall between cells.
  • this diagram In a fuel cell vehicle storing the hydrogen necessary for the operation of the cell, we can apply this diagram both for a hydrogen tank and for an oxygen tank. Of course, this embodiment can also be applied for a hydrogen tank only, for example in the case where the oxygen necessary for battery operation is provided by compressing the ambient air.
  • the structural platform forms a floor, various members of said vehicle being mounted on this floor.
  • a high pressure fluid such as example a petrol engine vehicle operating on liquefied petroleum gas, even if one has chosen to illustrate the invention with a fuel cell vehicle, the particular choice having of course no limiting character.
  • FIG 1 we see a passenger vehicle 1 whose supporting platform forms a floor 10.
  • a box 11 made integral with the floor 10 in order to present a overall mechanical resistance. All the mechanical parts as well as the openings of the vehicle and the interior trim are mounted on this supporting structure, including in particular wheels 12 and a fuel cell 13.
  • the floor is designed not only to form a part of the carrying structure of the vehicle but also to integrate at least one tank for the storage of pressurized gas on the vehicle. It can be any fluid stored at high pressure, for example liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas or compressed hydrogen or compressed oxygen.
  • Each reservoir has a very large number of small cells 2, connected between them, through orifices 3 clearly visible in FIGS. 2 to 4.
  • the tank has at least a hundred, for example of the order of a thousand cells 2 connected between they.
  • the destroyed cell In the event of the destruction of one or more cells 2, for example following a shock due to example in an accident, the destroyed cell (s) immediately come under pressure atmospheric. However, thanks to the resistance of the cell walls adjacent to the cell destroyed or destroyed cells, the destruction of one or a few cells does not cause no other cascade failure. The fluid remains temporarily contained, under pressure slowly decreasing, in adjacent intact cells. Cell leakage rate intact towards the destroyed cell or cells is strongly limited by the presence of the orifices. We know in particular that the speed of flow of a gas through an orifice is capped at the speed of sound, from a certain ratio of pressures prevailing on both sides of the orifice, and that the speed does not increase even if the pressure ratio increases.
  • the vehicle illustrating the invention is a fuel cell vehicle storing not only the hydrogen it needs but also oxygen in the form of compressed gas. In this case, it is preferable to store the gaseous oxygen in a tank independent of the vehicle platform, for example a tank formed for one or more classic technology bottles.
  • the floor 10 of the vehicle incorporates several tanks, for example two independent tanks for the storage of two different gases, each of the tanks having the characteristics of the invention, as will be explained below. It is possibly consider storing both hydrogen and oxygen with a choice judicious material for the realization of the floor forming platform (material not flame propagator) and preferably with other precautions which will be explained.
  • a first area of the floor 10 forms the tank T1 can store hydrogen.
  • a second zone of the floor 10 forms a second tank T2 with cells 2 communicating, and of course not communicating with the cells 2 of the tank T1, the T2 tank that can store oxygen.
  • an area devoid of cells is left of large width, or provided with non-communicating dead cells or filled with gas neutral for example comparable to the total thickness of the base, in order to limit the risk of formation of a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, this mixture being explosive.
  • one side of the floor can be reserved over its entire length to a tank, for example for oxygen, and the other side of the floor reserved on any its length to a tank, for example for hydrogen, the two tanks may well understood to be separated by a separation zone 5 devoid of cells, said zone of separation being of sufficiently large width, or provided with non-communicating cells 51 with the cells of the adjacent reservoirs, said cells being placed in communication with the atmosphere or being filled with neutral gas, possibly under pressure, if necessary under pressure higher than the pressure of the fluids in the tanks T1 and T2.
  • the floor does not exceed the length between the axles, and is protected at the front and rear of the vehicle and preferably also laterally by zones shock absorption by deformation.
  • each cell advantageously comprises a central part whose wall is substantially cylindrical and two end parts forming a wall forming part of a sphere.
  • the floor is made from a block (preferably in aluminum in the case of a platform integrating only a hydrogen tank) of form and of suitable volume, corresponding to the final characteristics of the floor.
  • the block has a flattened shape having a first face 22 and an opposite face 23 substantially parallel to the first side.
  • This block is intended to form, for example by machining, a base 20 which comprises as many recesses 21 as cells.
  • the recesses 21 all extend from a first side 22 towards the opposite side 23. They all open out to the first face 22 and not open out on the opposite face 23.
  • Each obviously 21 has a first part 24 of shape substantially cylindrical extends between the first face 22 and an intermediate level 25 located between the first face 22 and the opposite face 23.
  • Each obviously 21 has a second part 240 extending the first and having a wall 26 forming a cap, the shape of which detail is well known to pressure vessel specialists. Ports 3 are located in this second part 26.
  • each cover 27 has a trunk 28 whose wall is substantially cylindrical. On the surface outside of the trunk 28, we see ribs 280. The outside diameter of the trunk 28 is smaller or equal to the internal diameter of the first part 24 of the recesses 21. Each cover 27 has a bottom 29, the internal wall of which forms a cap. All 27 covers are introduced into the recesses, by gluing the surfaces to be glued. The ribs 280 prevent all the glue is scraped off and ensures the accumulation of glue in small volumes 281 (see figure 4). This allows the recesses 21 to be sealed, thus creating the cells 2.
  • the ribs 280 shown above on the cover could instead be made on the wall of the first part 24 of the recesses 21. In the latter case, provision may be made for securing the covers by deformation of its walls under the effect of strong internal pressure.
  • each cell 2 is connected to all the adjacent cells. Note that this is not at all imperative, all connection combinations can be considered between what is shown in the figures and only the connections necessary to connect the cells in series.
  • Figure 4 we see a partial section of the floor 10 showing in detail the cells 2 interconnected by the orifices 3.
  • Machining has been cited to make base 20. However, this or at least a draft of this could be carried out by a foundry, in particular a lost wax foundry.
  • covers 27B screwed into recesses 21B.
  • the walls of the first part of the recesses 21B have a 28B thread. Beyond the thread, the walls have a frustoconical bearing 29B of angle ⁇ .
  • the cover 27B comprises a head 270B, a threaded border 271B, and a skirt 272B, the outer surface is also frustoconical at the same angle ⁇ .
  • the 272B skirt has a groove 273B receiving a seal 274B.
  • the wall of the cover 27B is thinned, so that the skirt is all the more firmly pressed against the surface of the frustoconical surface 29B that the pressure prevailing inside the cell 4 is high. This avoids the problem of extruding the seal.
  • the filling speed of a tank according to the invention will be comparable to the speed at which it empties during an accident.
  • the choice of connections shown in figures contributes to short charging time, all other things otherwise equal. If we want to fill such a tank faster without also reducing the emptying time, provision may be made for a device supplying several non-parallel cells adjacent, through specific orifices, the device being provided with valves which ensure sealing after filling.
  • the cells may not be interconnected with all adjacent cells.
  • the tank could include a network of cells connected only in series, or several networks of cells connected in series, the networks being connected in parallel.

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